The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-15
NEW USE FOR BELLS.
How r. Restaurant Manager obvia'e' '"'
ola system Of Bswling Out orders.


where's my ham and eggsf' impa-
tentIy asked man OF the waiter In
clark street restaurant the other day
,.Thev's ccmin' sab, they's a comm. :,
"But [ didn't hear you give the order.
NO. sab: we doan give no ordahs' We
touch de bells y
I've GOT new SCHEME said the man
a,,ar who had overheard the conversation.
II don't know how ir is with you out II
takes away my appetite 10 20 into res
,onranr where the waiter, when he gets
an order bawls It out IN the top OF bis
voice Now. IN some places, after order
ing Just wb1~you aid here yon q near me
waiter shout. 'one in the DARK Will'e
wings. hog TO come along. ana II you
told him that YOU wanted the eggs cooNeo
ON both sides. he'd sing out, 'shipwieoh
them white wings OF course the COOK
understands that ham and eggs ana cup
of coffee are the articles called for by TINS
order. but 20 the uninitiated II Is All
Greek Walters SLANG IS the most com
MEX iar1on ever used and why they use
IL they are unable 10 explain themselves
Now. by nv system all the noise AMI con-
fusion arr done away with. You never
hear any order given, and the walters are
not Obliged 10 leave the dining room.
But come with me and l'll show YOU
The manager led the way toa table near
the center of the room. Upon Do were
about twenty white buttons, aud at the
base OF each was a label Every button
was capable of transmitting several OF
ders For instance one of the buttons
was labeled eggs and upon card were
the following directions. 'For boiled eggs,
ring once. eggs on toast, twice, scrambled
eggs, three times, Omelet. four imt-.
IN was tine same with steaks. as los q
different number OF rings the distinction
between teuderloin. porierhousc and SIR
loin rare. medium cor well done could be
conveyed to the Kitchen with as much ac-
curacy aud with more speed than boy the
voice.
wen 20 down 90 the Kitchen and see
how that end of 70 works. remarked tine
manager. lending ihc WY to "a Night cd
stair. a -av0ry smell of cooking meat
was waited % the visitor as Doe descended
the stair. I'M front of half a dozen n4
broilers stood as many white lacheiea
cooks. with equally white caps placed
rakishly upon their heads The MANAGER
said that the caps were not worn TOT
adornment. but to prevent hairs ana
dandruf from falling into the iood.
don't know why 10 is, said De, but con
slant working near fire seems to nave "a
tendency t0 cause the hair 10 drop out
OF course chat would never 10, $50 we
obliro the men 10 wear linen head gear
I'm order 10 prevent any mshap- Then,
too. 10 looks cleaner, and foo fe-iaiI ini
looks are everything
Opposite the range. surrounded uy o
little railing, was an annuncaiof re-
.embling those used In hotels Co.. denote
the numbers of rooms I'M front of ir was
seated lad about 10 years of AGE with q
number OF tickets iu DDS hand Each
ticket had % number printed upon 10 cor
responding Co the number given One o.
the cooks These We're called of in rota-
ton. SO that each one ot the cooks would
yet the same number 0f dishes to serve.
suddenly there was whuing sound,
followed by ii quick snap THE boy looked
up and saw the word "steak' On tri-
angular piece of metal Then came two
snort rings and long one. The bog
! looked M q card and called. 40. 3. ten-
der0in steak rare. with mushrooms '
The triangular piece of metal was pat
back i'm if- place. and in % tricc juicy
steak was sizzling on the iron il was
getting along toward O'Clock then. and
the orders beam 10 comet thick and fast
I'VE don't serve anything here hui
short orders. said f.c manager and.
though h7fr over nifty articles ou my
biu Of fare havc newer found one that
could not be ordered by means of the BELL
J don't believe there's another system
Ike 30 in tbe country and you can see toi
/ Yourself how much time and trouble 10
saves Chicago Herald